Bedroom Bear / Wind in Willows - split
Russia’s Bedroom Bear and Wind in Willows team up for a mysterious split displaying two unique, individual visions. Bedroom Bear gets things going with a folky, lo-fi slow burner, tape hiss like washes of waves on the beach. Wind in Willows follows suit with a miniature symphony of sparkling synths and skittering beats. 26 min transparent with red liner, pro-dubbed cassette with gold imprint. Full color art by Grant and Rachel Evans. Edition of 100.
Like a cool breeze from a summer lake or a plume of purple incense smoke, Russia’s Kon Tiki Gemini waft across the room like spectral shivers, leaving in their wake a chilled ripple. 40 min solid yellow, pro-dubbed cassette with red imprint. Full color art by Grant and Rachel Evans. Edition of 100.
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p.s.
July - August posthumous split cassette with Wind in Willows on Hooker Vision
Available from Full of Nothing.
“A split cassette of endless beauty as channelled through young Finnish / Russian sound artists. Ous Mal is Olli from Oulu, now living in Helsinki. If you have slept on his early CDrs and the Preservation full-length - do your ears a favour and find this music asap. Ous Mal’s approach is very rich and his melodies and compositions are heartbreakingly sweet. Sampled thrift vinyls and tapes, keys and strings and chanting build up into impressive ambient folk collage. On the B side there is some raw and crispy synth magic from Koltushi village, near Saint Petersburg. Sergei’s sound is direct and his tracks are melancholic yet hopeful. Quiet field recordings meet nostalgic electropiano looping and occasional blasting FX attack. This record has been in heavy rotation since the very day we received the masters and we don’t seem to grow tired of it. So rad! Spray-painted cassettes, “sand” J-cards. Edition of 100.” Full of Nothing 2011
Available from Hobo Cult Records.
KON TIKI GEMINI jam some mellow atmospherics for those late night escapades to the mountain to watch the sun rise. Ivan & Sergei (MPALA GAROO & BEDROOM BEAR) create a unique musical zone where time stands still and makes you want to float forever. Total gripper for you smooth cats and night crawlers…
“The A side of this almost 60 minute long cassette is Finland’s Kutomo, a project of Finland’s Veli-Matti Ikävalko. Kutomo brings a bunch of songs based around layers of different instruments and vocals, creating a very intense, even shogaze-like psychedelic folk music. The B-side is Russia’s Bedroom Bear aka Sergey Dmitriev, who continues in the same vein as Kutomo, but with less folky, more synthesizer driven atmospheres. Droney synth loops and melodica, all dwelling in delay. The music on this tape could probably be what they call “new New Age”: it’s peaceful, inspiring and relaxing, yet it has nothing to do with what your mom listens to for stress management. The cassette comes in beautiful handmade carton packaging with an artwork by Diana Vishnevskaya. Limited to 49 copies.” Jozik records 2011
Upcoming concerts:
20 Februry 2011 / Berlin / Germany / Meinblau Directors Lounge Festival
6 February 2011 / Moscow / Russia / Avant club w/ Spirit Catepetl, Arabian Horses, Twilight Owls
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Coming soon:
* split cassette with Ous Mal (Full of Nothing)
* cassette on Hobo Cult [as part of Kon Tiki Gemini]
* cassette on Deep Tapes [as part of Peresheek = collaboration with Cycle Hiccups]
